The area of the district is 817.1 square kilometers (315.5 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Znamenskoye.

[3] The main rivers in the district are the Nugr' and the Vytebet, a tributary of the Zhizdra.

The Orlovskoye Polesye national park is partly located in the district.

[8] People's Artist of the USSR Ivan Pereverzev (1914–1978) was born on the territory of modern district, in the now defunct village of Kuzminki.